Read and parse the content of web browser box

Aug 18, 2015 2:02 AM(1664 views)

as a part of a larger customized JMP application, I have a JMP script that opens a window with a web browser box that calls an interactive website.

After a few user clicks and the submission of a Form, the resulting (dynamic) webpage is loaded and the needed data are available. (there is no AJAX or similar so the plain HTML of the webpage contains all i need) but unfortunately i cannotot find a way to read and parse the HTML of the "current web browser content".

I cannot work around it with the "open function" as i cannot access the results webpage directly with a URL. The right page is loaded only after a form is submitted with POST method and a file uploaded on the server via the original webpage form.

I have no control over customizing this server application and i need to work parsing the final HTML.

At the moment i display the results in the web browser but I need to do further actions in JMP afterwards.

If not directly fiddling around with HTML i would like at the minimum to create a Journal or something that allow me to use the web browser content in a larger report that can store results in a JMP readable format without the need to re-execute the server routine

Re: Read and parse the content of web browser box

I've had similar issues. From what I can tell the web browser box is really more for display than for interaction.

JMP has capabilities to interact with the web, I'd suggest creating a JMP GUI that's identical to what the user would see on the web. Use the information to create a text file or something that you can then use to do what you need to do.